It's Been So Long

Yeah, I know. It's been a while. Hey, sometimes we get a little busy. A lot of events have occurred between this blog and the last one. The most important event is the WPS timeline. They finally gave us some solid dates.

July 8 – Week of Sept. 15
Advancement of player contract discussions between WPS and U.S. WNT / U.S. WNT Player Pool; contracts to be finalized prior to post-Olympics allocation. Note: U.S. WNT Players / U.S. WNT Pool Players have already submitted their WPS market preferences.
July 8 – Aug. 5
WPS teams may enter discussions with international players, in advance of International Players’ post-Olympics draft
August 5 – 23
Beijing Olympics quiet period; no WPS communication with any Players competing in the Olympics
September 2
WPS Teams submit U.S. WNT Player preferences to the League
Week of September 15
U.S. WNT / U.S. WNT Player Pool domestic allocation
Week of September 22
Draft of top International players (2 per WPS team)
October 6
WPS General Draft of Domestic and International players
December 10 – 13
WPS West Coast Combine
December 17 – 20
WPS East Coast Combine
Week of January 14
WPS Post-Combine Draft
Beginning February 1
WPS Tryouts in Team’s local market may begin any time after January 31. Exact dates of all local tryouts will be posted to both league and team websites.
March 1
WPS Pre-Season begins
April 4/5 (TBD)
WPS Regular Season begins

How many teams will there be? I don't know yet. Hopefully, WPS will figure that all out soon. I would like to know whether LA will be all by itself or will it have a neighbor in the Bay Area or San Diego or both.